Improvement in railway-chairs and clamps



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LOYST J. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO' HIMSELF AND HENRY D. BLAKE, O E SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 108,402, dated October 18, 1870.

v IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY-CHAIRS AND CLAMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: vof the same.

.lo all lwhom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, LOYsT J. SMITH, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Railroad-Chair and Clamp; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom' panying drawing forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to railroad-chairs, and my 0bject is to introduce to the public an improved clamp therefor, which will bev first described, and then clear- Iy specified in the claim.

Therdrawing represents a transverse section of ii'iy improvement.

A B are the clamp-plates.

C, the chair.

D, the rail.

a. or are arms, flanged at b, and fastened by boltc rIhe combination, with wedge f and chair C, of

the plates 'A B, having arms a, flanges b, pins` d, and lips e, constructed and relatively arranged as shown in drawing, and for the' purpose described. Titnessesz LOYST J. SMITH.

GEO.- W. MABEE, T. B. MOSHER. 

